Topic: sufficiently rooted in the pre-bankruptcy past · Go Syfert
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7 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 91 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Segal v. Rochelle.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Segal v. Rochelle Anchor
scotus · 1966
green “sufficiently rooted in the pre-bankruptcy past” 30
2 Segal v. Rochelle
scotus · 1966
green “the term 'property' has been construed most generously and an interest is not outside its reach because it is novel or contingent or because enjoyment must be postponed.” 22
3 Segal v. Rochelle
scotus · 1966
green “sufficiently rooted in the pre-bankruptcy past.” 17
4 Krystal Cadillac-Oldsmobile Gmc Truck, Inc. v. General Motors Corporation and General Motors Acceptance Corporation
ca3 · 2003
green “is only appropriate when the inconsistent positions are tantamount to a knowing misrepresentation to or even fraud on the court.” 7
5 Krystal Cadillac-Oldsmobile Gmc Truck, Inc. v. General Motors Corporation and General Motors Acceptance Corporation
ca3 · 2003
green “in bad faith - i.e., with intent to play fast and loose with the court.” 6
6 In Re Richards
mieb · 2000
green “in determining whether a claim is property of the bankruptcy estate, the test is not the date that the claim accrues under state law” 5
7 In Re Richards
mieb · 2000
green “all of the allegedly wrongful conduct giving rise to the debtor's claim occurred prepetition,” 4

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